It's possible to roll your own ngrok clone via SSH tunnels, a publicly-available server somewhere, and autossh. This is basically ssh-tunnel-as-a-service.
Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
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Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#12Hiya there folks - I'm the creator of ngrok, happy to answer any questions
What's the advantage of using ngrok if I can just add entry to my own domain, say bla.anyofmydomain.com -> 123.123.123.123?
Do you mean: "why can't I set up port forwarding on my firewall, then create a DNS record for my domain that points to my current IP, then wait for that to propagate around the internet before I can use it, then do it all again when I move from e.g. office->home or my IP changes because of my ISP"? No reason.
Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#13Happy paying ngrok user here.
Love it for developing anything using webhooks and also hybrid mobile apps (I have my app pull the JS from the Dev box I'm working on via ngrok without having to rebuild the app or deploy the code anywhere).
It significantly speeds up my workflow!
Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#143 important questions: 1) My university blocks LogMeInHamachi which is the main tool i've tried to get around hosting behind a NAT. Will this likely be blocked too, or is it not possible to tell without trying 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay 3) Does the person connecting to my server also require a special client or does this appear to them as any standard connection would.
> 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay
Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#15I used to use Ngrok, then I discovered ultrahook which gives me a persistent endpoint, for free.
Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#16It's possible to roll your own ngrok clone via SSH tunnels, a publicly-available server somewhere, and autossh. This is basically ssh-tunnel-as-a-service.
or vpn which has better performance due to udp
Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#17Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#183 important questions: 1) My university blocks LogMeInHamachi which is the main tool i've tried to get around hosting behind a NAT. Will this likely be blocked too, or is it not possible to tell without trying 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay 3) Does the person connecting to my server also require a special client or does this appear to them as any standard connection would.
> 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay See https://ngrok.com/product#pricing .
slightly less excited now :(
Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost
#19Happy paying ngrok user here. Love it for developing anything using webhooks and also hybrid mobile apps (I have my app pull the JS from the Dev box I'm working on via ngrok without having to rebuild the app or deploy the code anywhere). It significantly speeds up my workflow!
Agreed! This is gold for debugging webhooks and prototyping APIs. Pretty much a "me too" post but just wanted to express my appreciation to the dev
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